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2019 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in Southern US
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2019 Solar "Makers" and "Brakers" list highlighting key trends in policies and actions impacting the growth of rooftop solar across the sunny South.... -
Global Solar Energy Market to Grow More than 20% through 2026
Allied Market Research recently published a report, titled, "Solar Energy Market by Technology (Photovoltaic Systems and Concentrated Solar Power Systems), by Solar Module (Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline, Cadmium... -
Launching AgriVoltiacs Worldwide 2020
Agrophotovoltaics (APV) allows for the dual harvesting of crops and photovoltaic electricity on the same piece of land, providing sustainable solutions under consideration of soil protection and water conservation. The first... -
Intersolar North America to Debut Solar Games Competition in San Diego
Intersolar North America, the first major solar + energy storage event of 2020, announced the launch of an innovative, real-time competition for solar and energy storage installers called the -
SMA America and EnergyHub Partner on Inverter Management Functions
SMA America and EnergyHub partner to deliver cutting-edge solar inverter management for utilities SMA America, a specialist for photovoltaic system technology, and EnergyHub, a provider of distributed energy resource (DER)... -
Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth
Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see... -
U.S. Solar Trade Group Adds Multinational Solar Companies to its Board of Directors
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, announced today that multinational solar project developers Grasshopper Solar and BrightNight...
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Annual Photovoltaic Installations Cross the 100GW Milestone
The global market for annual solar PV (SPV) installations has crossed the 100 GW milestone. As the market for SPV has grown in the past decade, the need for transparency and grid stability has forced state and regional governments to adopt new... -
Business Opportunities in the Solar Industry
In two-thirds of the world, solar and wind now represent the least expensive option for new power-generating capacity, which is one reason that solar is a growing part of the energy mix. At the end of 2018, 500GW of PV capacity had been installed... -
Residential Solar Update
The residential solar industry was down about 15% in 2017, but rebounded in 2018, with a growth of 7%, according to the US Solar Market Insight Report. The U.S. residential solar market has now seen five consecutive quarters of modest growth,... -
Trends in Microgrids and Energy Storage
A microgrid is a local energy grid with control capability. It can be connected to the grid or not, but it has the ability to be disconnected to the grid and operate independently. By its very definition, it works well with energy storage, and due... -
Global Solar Tracker Shipments Exceed 20GW
Global unit shipments of single-axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers increased by over 40% in 2018, surpassing 20 gigawatts-dc (GW) globally for the first time. While the United States continued to be the largest individual market for... -
High-Tech Solutions for Solar Energy Asset Management
It’s no secret that new technologies are up-ending many industries and solar energy is no exception. Cost reductions have enabled the rapid deployment of solar energy across the US and the globe resulting in a large and ever-growing installed... -
Six Trends in Solar, 2018
In 2017 the solar industry rode what was dubbed “the solar coaster,” with ups and downs cycling throughout the year. Despite some of the downs, which include the Section 201 trade case in the US, there are many encouraging and positive...
